#ka

I mean it. I can't go alone. And I really can't go with Levana." "Well, there are about 200,000 single girls in this city who would fall over themselves to have the privilege." A hush passed between them... "Cinder." She couldn't help it. She looked at him... "200,000 single girls," he said. "Why not you?" Cyborg. Lunar. Mechanic. She was the last thing he wanted. She opened her lips, and the elevator stopped. "I'm sorry. But trust me---you don't want to go with me." The doors opened and the tension released her. She rushed out of the elevator, head down, trying to look at the small group of people waiting for the elevator. "Come to the ball with me." She froze. Everyone in the hallway froze. Cinder turned back. Kai was still standing in elevator B one hand propping open the door. Her nerves frazzled, and all the emotions of the past hour were converging into a single sickening feeling---exasperation. The hall was filled with doctors, nurses, androids, officials, technicians, and they all fell into an awkward hush and stared at the prince and the girl in the baggy cargo pants he was flirting with. Flirting. Squaring her shoulders, she retreated back into the elevator and pushed him inside, not even caring that it was her metal hand. "Hold the elevator," he said to the android as the doors shut behind him. He smiled. "That got your attention. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#doctor-who

PERCAKAPAN DUA RANTING kalau pernah kamu bertemu dulu, apa yang kau inginkan nanti? sepi. kalau nanti kau dapatkan cinta, bagaimana kau tempatkan waktu? sendiri. bila hari tak lagi berani munculkan diri, dan kau tinggal untuk menanti? cari. andai bumi sembunyi saat kau berlari? mimpi. lalu malam menyer- gapmu dalam pandang tiada tepi? hati. baik...aku tak lagi memberimu mungkin? kecuali. baik..baik, aku hanya akan menya- pamu tanpa kecuali? mungkin. dan jika tetap seperti itu, embun takkan jatuh dari kalbumu? sampai. akankah kau patahkan tubuhmu hingga musim tiada berganti? mari. lalu kau tumbuhkan bunga tanpa kelopak tanpa daun berhelai-helai? kemari. juga kau benamkan yang lain dalam jurang di matamu? aku. katakan bahwa kau mene- rimamu seperti aku memberimu?... kau? ya. kau?...aku. Besancon, oktober sebelas 1997. ↗

— Radhar Panca Dahana

#bumi #bunga #cinta #daun #embun

I'm for catching every Japanese in America, Alaska, and Hawai'i now and putting them in concentration camps. ↗

— Francis Biddle

#america #camps #catching #concentration #every

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn. ↗

— John Bradshaw

#learn #make #mistakes #okay #our

Arkansas is a state where politics is retail. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#politics #retail #state #where

Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#andy #angle #classic #course #day

Kansas had better stop raising corn and begin raising hell. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Lease

#better #corn #had #hell #kansas

First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people. ↗

— Tea Leoni

#between #first #first of all #i #kate

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over. ↗

— Tara Lipinski

#aspects #chance #easier #get #harder

What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#difficulties #early #early childhood #had #hard